Fairfax County Public Schools

Supporting the Mission 2023-24

Co-founder of Girls Empowerment Group “Positive Pressure Initiative” (PPI)

CT Lead, MTSS Team, Equity Team

History Teacher

Private School

A private, therapeutic day school designed to meet the academic, developmental, and social/emotional needs of children and adolescents.

Teacher

District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS)

Alexandria City Public Schools

State Operated Programs of Virginia; Detention Home Education Programs (Grades 8-12, including GED preparation)

Knowledge Learning Corporation

Consistently executed plans that ensured the company's mission of serving families and children, in alignment with company values.
* Accountable for operational aspects of the child care center, ensuring quality care and education for multicultural children; achievement of financial targets, applying proactive cost controls; incorporated improvement of quality of operations; delivered exemplary customer service, and ensured legal compliance.
* Delivered customer acquisition and retention, quality programming, financial management, and operational compliance.
* Hired and trained teachers and employees with job-critical knowledge and education.
* Proven strength in sales, marketing, multi-tasking, and revenue-generation.

Center Director

Brunswick County Public Schools

Worked closely with students and administrators to plan school activities.
* Coordinated various school fundraisers, talent shows, Homecoming events, field trips, and casual and formal student dances.
* Promoted student participation in community service activities.
* Orchestrated and executed annual Christmas canned food drive, in which non-perishable food items are donated to the local emergency food bank.
* Developed the first Pep Club, enabling students to actively participate in athletic events.

Student Council Association Sponsor

* Designed creative and engaging lessons for students with various learning abilities.
* Integrated technology, Marzano strategies, and other teaching techniques to foster an enriching learning environment.

Talented & Gifted Coordinator

Civics & Economics teacher and Talented and Gifted (TAG) Coordinator (Grades 6-8)
* Executed state standards and expectations, resulting in a 91% SOL pass rate on 8th grade Civics and Economics SOL Test within a 34% SPED student population.

Driven, dedicated individual with proven leadership abilities and multi-faceted teaching and management experience. Demonstrates solid interpersonal skills, organization, and creativity. Strong skills in human relations, advanced educational psychology, theory and practice of curriculum development, strategies and techniques for teaching, and textbook evaluations.

Specialties: Superior customer service, curriculum implementation & evaluation, application of qualitative & quantitative data, backwards planning, instruction, increased parental involvement, lead generation, positive behavioral interventions and supports.

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